Lexical Definition

‎אַבְרָם‎ ʼAbrâm (ab-rawm') Abram ^N:N-M-P
contracted from ‎אֲבִירָם‎; high father

Abram.

• § Abram = "exalted father"
• Abram, the original name of Abraham

1) original name of Abraham

Extended Information

name of: אַבְרָהָם

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.26
• son of: Terah (תֶּרַח)
• brother of: Nahor (נָחוֹר), Haran (הָרָן) and Sarah (שָׂרָה); married to Sarah (שָׂרָה), Hagar (הָגָר) and Keturah (קְטוּרָה)
• father of: Ishmael (יִשְׁמָעֵאל), Isaac (יִצְחָק), Zimran (זִמְרָן), Jokshan (יׇקְשָׁן), Medan (מְדָן), Midian (מִדְיָן), Ishbak (יִשְׁבָּק) and Shuah (שׁוּחַ); also called Abram at Gen.11.26 - Gen.17.5 2x
• Another name of av.ra.ham (‎א‎ַ‎ב‎ְ‎ר‎ָ‎ה‎ָ‎ם‎ "Abraham" אַבְרָהָם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַבְרָם‎ proper name, masculine (id., Thes and others exalted father) Abram Gen 11:26; Gen 11:27 + 57 t. Genesis (to Gen 17:5) + 1Chr 1:27; Neh 9:7 = ‎אַבְרָהָם‎ Abraham Gen 17:5; Gen 17:9; Gen 17:15 + 172 t. OT. (‎אברהם‎ connected Gen 17:5 by word-play with ‎הם‎ of ‎המון‎; really = ‎רום ֯ אברם‎ = ‎רהם‎ which however is not found in Hebrew — compare Di > Hal^{RÉJ 1887, 177 f} who proposes ‎אֲבִר הַם גּוֺיִם‎ compare Gen 49:21 with Isa 41:21 so that ‎אֲבִר הָם‎ chief of multitude is the new name of Gen 17:5 (‎הָם‎) √ ‎המה‎). Spiegelb^{Randglossen 14} compare Palestinian proper name geography µ‡r° °brru = ‎חקל אברם‎ (compage Egyptian article masculine), in Sheshonk list. As regards etymology, Nö^l.c. and others explained as 'the father [a divine title] is exalted' (compare ‎יְהוֺרָם‎, ‎מַלְכִּירָם‎, ‎חִירָם‎[‎אֲ‎]).

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